Information Literacy and Copyright

Objectives

1. Demonstrate an understanding of Research and Information Literacy.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of 21st Century Challenges.
3. Identify appropriate sources of information
4. Rate the quality of information on a website.
5. Identify fact vs. opinion and advocacy
6. Identify copyright laws and how they apply.
7. Know how to cite information found online. (Websites, Images, Journals, Text Books)
8. An introduction to creative commons.

Activities and Assessments

1. Cybersmart Activities. www.cybersmartcurriculum.org
2. Alan November Materials and Activities - www.novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources
3. Watch Multimedia on the topic (united streaming, teacher tube, school tube, netsmartz.org, or other web source)
4. Copyright tutorials and Interactives - See resources below.
5. In teams, ask students to create their own list of what makes a website trustworthy.
6. Ask students to print the pages from one website and highlight the evaluative clues--like the date, author, key facts, authority, etc.
7. Have students view and report on fictitious websites.

Assessments

1. Students can create a presentation on either topic. This could include
   1. Powerpoint
   2. Digital Story - PSA Announcement
   3. Video
   4. Audio or video podcast on one topic.
2. Students can create a website that provides information on the topic. It could be a site for other students to learn from.
3. Create a brochure on one topic.
4. Create a copyright guide, website or presentation for other students to use as a resource.
5. Develop a wiki of facts for one of the topics or a PSA on a wiki
6. Create a glogster (glogster edu). (online poster) www.glogster.com (they have free education account options)

Resources

Information Literacy

1. http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/lessonsbygrade
2. www.novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources
3. http://www.nwig.org/digitalliteracy - interactive site for teaching digital literacy with a teachers guide.
4. http://newmedialiteracies.org -Information for teaching media literacy
5. http://couros.wikispaces.com/Media+Literacy – Great Collection of Media literacy resources

Copyright

1. http://www.teachingcopyright.org – Lessons for teaching copyright
2. http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright-2002/copyright-faqs.html#5 – Copyright basics for educators
3. www.creativecommons.org –
4. http://www.lib.utsystem.edu/copyright - A copyright tutorial
5. http://www.copyrightkids.org
6. http://couros.wikispaces.com/copyleft - Info on creative Commons

Others-

1. http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/start.htm Welcome to the Web – An interactive tour of the internet.
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/course - How to use the internet online course
3. www.glogster.com - Create an online poster.
4. www.animoto.com - create a digital story.
5. www.wikispaces.com - create a wiki
6. www.bibme.com - create an instant citation in any format for any source.

Website Evaluation
1. Evaluating Information - A Guide to Websites.
- This is a one page list of guiding questions to consider while viewing a website. This guide is best suited to high school and college students.

2. Gary Library Website Evaluation Checklist.
- A two page document containing checklists in six different categories for determining the validitity and quality of online information. "Smiley" icons provide clues for younger students. Suitable for middle school and high school use.

3. Evaluating the Quality of Sources.
- A one page document outlining a list of questions to consider as you evaluate a website. This document recommends and provides a link for checking the WHOIS domain registry.

4. Boolify Lesson Plan for Evaluating Websites.
- A simple lesson plan from Boolify.org that is appropriate for grades four through nine (give or take a grade).

5. Bear Essentials Evaluating Websites.
- This document is part of series of documents about finding and evaluating online and print references. These documents were produced by the Baton Rouge Community College.

Online Lessons and Activities
6. Cyber Smart Lesson Plans and Student Activities.
- Provides more than a dozen lesson plans and activities appropriate for grades K-12. Lessons cover everything from finding websites to evaluating websites.

7. Kathy Shrock's ABC's of Website Evaluation.
- Tried and true lesson plans, online activities, and handouts for teaching website evaluation. The resources found here can be adapted for use in elementary school, middle school, and high school.

8. Cornell University Library - Evaluating Websites.
- Geared toward college students, the resources here can be accessed by high school students. Many links out to other resources on the topic of website evaluation.

For Brushing-up on Your Own Skills
9. Evaluating Websites for Learners.
- Created by Maggie Verster, this presentation provides justification for teachers previewing websites, creating their own search engines, links to resources for teaching website evaluation. Presentation is embedded below.

Evaluating Websites For Learners